Ever since 2016, the NCAA has permitted players to declare for the NBA Draft and still maintain college eligibility, so long as they refrain from hiring an agent and withdraw their name after the combine. In each of these draft cycles, Maryland has seen one of its underclassmen go through this process, with Bruno Fernando becoming the latest on Friday.
He joins Melo Trimble in 2016 and Justin Jackson last year, both of whom elected to return to college at the end of the process. The timeline from here has become a familiar one, but it’s still worth glancing over.